ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma2024
Achilles tendon rupture primary repair technique: A comparative retrospective study between graft versus no-graft.
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- Assessing resident participation and its effect on postoperative complications in intertrochanteric and femoral neck fractures: insights on orthopaedic residency training in the USA-A NSQIP retrospective study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Article
- Retrospective Analysis of Malpractice Claims Following Achilles Tendon Rupture.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2025Article
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Introduction: Achilles tendon rupture is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries and accounts to 20 % of all large tendon ruptures The surgical choice of a procedure might play a role in the incidence of postoperative complications. This study aimed to estimate and compare the incidence of complications occurring within a 30-day window following primary surgical repair of the Achilles tendon with or without a graft. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the ACS NSQIP database from 2005 to 2021. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts (primary surgical repair with and without graft). Results: A total of 7010 patients were included in the analysis. Among the graft group, 10.9 % reported any complication which was double the percentage of complications in the no graft group. Only 3.8 % of the no graft patients had reported systemic complications compared to 8.3 % in the graft group. Chronic steroid use was found to be an effect modifier in the incidence of any complications after primary surgical repair when comparing graft versus no graft (P-value 0.016). Conclusion: Surgical repairwith tendon graft develops more complications than repairing without graft. Therefore, it is imperative for physicians to strive for an early diagnosis, as any delay in treatment significantly raises the likelihood of complications. Levels of evidence:
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